Associate Art Director

A unique opportunity has arisen to work alongside our Art Director to help drive the visual development of all our projects at REALTIME. This exciting role will report directly into the Art Director and Head of Production, with animation and character work at the forefront of our future plans. We are looking for an individual who has the ability to help mentor others, has potential to craft a vision for a project in various styles and has experience in Games/Film VFX. This will still incorporate hands on work in developing hands on concepts and mood pieces to help drive that vision.
It’s the perfect role for someone looking to move beyond senior or Lead concept work and wants to take their first step (and grow) into art direction.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Assist and help drive visual development using concepts and guides.
• Provide style guides and associated materials to communicate vision.
• Create concept art, mood pieces to help communicate vision.
• Work with Art Director to help develop methods and work flows for visual development.
• Assist with client interaction and feedback on projects where required.
• Weekly and daily meetings with team to ensure project goals are understood and met.
• Working across departments under Art Director to help ensure creative processes run as smoothly as possible.
• Documentation for visual development process and refining process where possible.
• Work with Marketing Director and Outsource Manager on securing artistic talent for projects and the studio.
• Act as a coach to support Art Director in development of less senior concept and visual development artists.

MUST HAVE SKILLS & QUALITIES:
• Highly creative with the passion to still be hands on in concept art.
• A strong background in Max/Maya with skills in 3D development.
• Deep understanding of concept ands visual development, and storytelling within cinematic content.
• Experience as a lead or principle concept artist (or similar position) within a VFX studio.
• Excellent coaching ability to develop positive relationships and help artists understand project vision.
• Strong client facing skills with ability to communicate vision and manage client feedback deftly.

BONUS
• Technical Art skills in 3D, VFX, or other areas.
• Previous experience creating cinematics in a similar environment.
• Previous experience in an assistant or associate art direction role.

PACKAGE/WHAT WE OFFER:
• Vibrant and creative work atmosphere with a highly experienced production team.
• Excellent development studios in the Lancashire countryside and Manchester city centre.
• State of the art equipment, facilities and software.
• Collaborative and inclusive culture – opportunity to work across multiple areas and grow.
• Competitive salary.
• Company pension scheme.
• Flexitime
• Paid overtime
• Bike to work scheme.